In 2011 Congress passed the America Invents Act (“AIA”). It changed the patent system from a first-to-invent to a first-inventor-to-file...

A ruling from the Supreme Court overturns 80 years of case law on the subject of FLSA overtime exemptions.

A court has ruled that paid administrative leave does not necessarily shield an employer from employment litigation liability.

To be the subject of an infringement action, a patent has to be eligible for protection. Invalidity of the patent is a defense.

A company can sue a competitor that hyped a white paper criticizing its products without disclosing that it commissioned the report.

An agency that sponsors au pairs under a federal program sued Massachusetts claiming the federal program that brings au pairs to the...

A fraud case requires that a statement of fact made must be knowingly false when made and designed to be relied on by the party.

EMTALA is a law to prevent hospital emergency rooms from dumping patients. A case laid out analysis for determining whistleblower rights

We recently reported that the Massachusetts Supreme Court ruled that salespeople who are paid on a 100% commission basis are entitled to...

A 58 year old experienced but unemployed attorney applied for a job as a Senior Counsel that required the ability to assume complex...

Retail salespeople paid on a 100-percent commission basis are entitled to separate additional payments at one and a half times the...

Arbitration is a contract. The contract rules what happens in an arbitration, regardless how counterintuitive the result might be.

A company that provided temporary travel nurses to medical care facilities hired recruiters with an agreement restricting them from...

A 2005 court-approved settlement agreement permanently enjoined the defendants from hiring anyone previously employed by the plaintiff....

In a recent decision, the US Supreme Court ruled that an actual copyright registration from the US copyright office is required to be...

Two former members of a limited liability company were sued by it for breach of fiduciary duty. They moved to dismiss the case because...

California's Supreme Court has ruled that the standard for classifying employees or independent contractors should be changed from the...